in Scholastic World, the highest class of competition. Locally, the Color Guard has dominated the Keystone Indoor Drill Association's Blue Class for years, however recently a new Platinum Class has been created for colorguards of this caliber. In 2011, Sal Salas, Joe Heininger, Kristy Templin and Jeff Kahley joined together to design the shows. The color guard placed 2nd in the Nation in Scholastic A and brought home the silver medal. As a result of their placement, the color guard was promoted to the Open Class Division. In 2012, they were a semi-finalist in the Scholastic Open Class Division. Musical Theatre MASH is well known in the mid-state area for its musical theatre department, which has been under the leadership of Eric Dundore for more than two decades. Dundore retired at the end of the 2013-14 school year and was replaced by his friend and colleague Gordon Kaslusky, who was the music and chorus teacher at Mechanicsburg Middle School. Athletics Varsity and junior varsity athletic activities are under the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association. Currently, the district offers varsity and junior varsity opportunities in women's cheerleading, field hockey, and softball; men's baseball, football, lacrosse and wrestling; and men's and women's basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball and water polo. All athletics are paid for by the school district and do not require a "pay to play" fee, with the exceptions of men's lacrosse and men's/women's water polo, which were accepted as varsity sports in 2008 under such condition. Retired numbers 7 - Mike Edwards - baseball, basketball, football (retired for baseball only) 8 - Don Shirley - head baseball coach (retired for baseball only) 16 - Shawn Abner - baseball, football 41 - Dan Lewis - football running back 45 - Ryan Priest - football 61 - Earl "Bud" Kohlhaas - football Football The football program is currently in the Class AAAA classification of the PIAA, and are members of the Keystone Division of the Mid-Penn Conference (formerly Mid-Penn Division II and South Penn Conference). The Wildcats claim 13 conference championships, with the most recent in 2008. Six of the Wildcats' championships come after the foundation of the Mid-Penn Conference in 1982, including three of the first five in the conference's history. The overall record of the program from 1919-2011 is 543-368-49, with only Steelton-Highspire High School having more overall wins in District 3. In addition